CVE-2008-5618
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2008-5618 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2008-12-17 02:30:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2008-12-17 05:00:00 UTC |
| Description | imudp in rsyslog 4.x before 4.1.2, 3.21 before 3.21.9 beta, and 3.20 before 3.20.2 generates a message even when it is sent by an unauthorized sender, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) via a large number of spurious messages. |
Risk And Classification
Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Rsyslog | Rsyslog | 3.12.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rsyslog | Rsyslog | 3.20.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rsyslog | Rsyslog | 4.1.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rsyslog | Rsyslog | 4.1.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rsyslog | Rsyslog | 3.12.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rsyslog | Rsyslog | 3.20.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rsyslog | Rsyslog | 4.1.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Rsyslog | Rsyslog | 4.1.1 | All | All | All |
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Change Log :: syslogd supporting MySQL and TCP :: rsyslog | CONFIRM | www.rsyslog.com | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
Vendor Comments And Credit
| Organization | Published | Contributor | Statement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | 2008-12-17 | Tomas Hoger | Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the version of the rsyslog package, as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. |
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.